Twins' four-run third holds up in 4-3 win over Guardians
Minnesota scored all of its runs in one inning against Franco Aleman, and four relievers held Cleveland scoreless after the fifth.
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WHERE IT TURNED
The Minnesota Twins scored four runs in the third inning and held on to beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-3 on Saturday afternoon at Target Field.
Cleveland led 1-0 after Travis Bazzana singled home Jo Adell in the second. In the bottom of the third, Emmanuel Rodriguez tied it with a homer to center, Kody Clemens singled in Luke Keaschall, Royce Lewis singled in Brooks Lee, and Victor Caratini was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to score Clemens for a 4-1 lead.
The Guardians got two back in the fifth. Brayan Rocchio's groundout scored David Fry, and Steven Kwan singled home Austin Hedges to make it 4-3. Neither team scored again.
Connor Prielipp earned the win, allowing 3 runs on 5 hits in 5 1/3 innings with no walks and 1 strikeout. Andrew Morris, Kody Funderburk and Jeff Hoffman followed with scoreless relief, Funderburk and Hoffman striking out three apiece, and A.J. Minter struck out two in the ninth for the save.
Daniel Espino started for Cleveland and pitched 2 scoreless innings, allowing 1 hit with 2 strikeouts. Franco Aleman took the loss; he allowed 4 runs on 5 hits in two-thirds of an inning. Joey Cantillo struck out 8 in 4 innings of one-hit relief.
Lee had two hits for Minnesota, which finished with 7 hits. Cleveland had 5 hits and struck out 13 times. Attendance was 26,158.